130. "Yea I had a few beefs w/that analysis." In response to In response to 123 Tue Dec-29-20 05:23 PM by Brew
You hit on some good ones I share.
Another one is:
>Reasonable Doubt - his version of Illmatic/Ready To Die/Doe Or Die
Say what you want about Jay's career-long obsession w/Nas and Big but RD sounded absolutely NOTHING like Illmatic neither sonically nor lyrically. And while the mafiaso persona Jay took up throughout RD may have had some roots in what Big did lyrically on Ready to Die, RtD was Bad Boy's attempt to rival/mimic the dominant Death Row/West Coast sound of the time, while Jay stuck almost exclusively with the mafiaso theme, both lyrically and sonically, on RD. There's barely a comparison to be had.
I'll have to revisit the rest later but that one stuck out to me as particularly incorrect/disingenuous.